My boyfriend lies about small things - is there a future in this relationship?

[Ellie]

I would personally break things off. It's exhausting not being able to trust the person you're with, especially when every word out of their mouth could be a lie. It doesn't matter that the lies are insignificant, because he could be lying about the important things too. He has a problem, and it's not really up to you to sort it out for him. Honestly, you don't even necessarily know who he really is. You could stay and he could get counseling to figure out the problem, but it seems ingrained to the point that I'm not sure he can really change it. Unless he has some sort of brain damage or severe memory loss, there's no excuse for what he does. You probably won't ever feel you can trust him, and that doesn't work in a relationship.